Milcar Jeff Dorcé

Milcar Jeff Dorce

Postdoctoral Fellow

Milcar Jeff Dorcé holds a doctorate in public international law from the University of Bordeaux. He is a lawyer and has been a member of the Petit-Goâve Bar (Haiti) since 2014. He is a member of the editorial committee of the Arbitration Club and the French Association for European Studies. He recently obtained the Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (CAPA) in France. He joined the NEME Chair in October 2024.

His work focuses on international investment agreements and Caribbean economic integration. His doctoral thesis was on the *International Protection of Investments in the Caribbean*. He has authored several presentations, book chapters, and articles published in French, Canadian, American, South American, and Caribbean academic journals. He has collaborated with researchers from diverse geographical areas (North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa) and different disciplines (international economic law, European Union law, CARICOM law, legal history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology). His current research project examines the interactions between Indigenous rights and investment arbitration, with a primary focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. He also works on counterclaims, developments within the Caribbean Court of Justice, third-party funding, sustainable development, the rule of law, good governance, and various issues related to the sociology of arbitration, such as the geographical and ethnic diversity of arbitrators, civil society participation, and perceptions of arbitral justice.